<!-- bryant-content-generator:start --> # The artist does not have to choose between craft... > The artist does not have to choose between craft and commerce. Commerce can provide the continuity through which the work survives, while craft protects commerce from becoming the distribution of something the creator no longer respects. **Source:** [[livestreams/Self-Reliance, Service, and the Artist's Path - Workbook|Self-Reliance, Service, and the Artist's Path]] ## Share on Social Media ``` “The artist does not have to choose between craft and commerce. Commerce can provide the continuity through which the work survives, while craft protects commerce from becoming the distribution of something the creator no longer respects.” — Bryant McGill https://bryantmcgill.com/quotes/quotes-artist-choose-between-no-longer-respects ``` <!-- bryant-content-generator:end -->